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Three new terms, courtesy of Wired Magazine Jargon Watch (link): Agrichar, Passive Obesity, iBricking. I'd only seen the last one.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
 
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So, passive obesity is caused by sloth and active obesity is caused by gluttony.
 
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Like zmj, I'd only heard of iBricking before.


Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
 
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I've heard of passive obesity, but not the others.

Obesity can sometimes be caused by glandular problems. I wonder what that type is called. Wink
 
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Cleopatra might have said it was a tributary of denial.
 
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